Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-19
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"A $850,o00 FIRE WAS caused in New York
city last night by a lightning stroke in
o cotton warehouse.
The pope again gave audience TO Carr
dinal Gibbons yesterday and congraiu-
lated him on the great civic freedom en-.
ioyed by the Catholic church in Ameri-
ca,
The North German Gazette. Bis
marck's organ, says: "The reichstag
will be dissolved unless the govern
ment secures o majority in the coming
elections."
Lawrence nonavan, the Brooklyn
bridge Jumper, leaped into the Schuyl.
Kill river at Philadelphia yesterday
morning. He was arrested and held in
$500 bail.
At Memphis tine mississippi river
marks "A feet 4 inches on the gauge.
which is four inches above the danger
line and within eighteen inches of the
extreme high winter mark.
a special from Frederioktown, Mo,
saya: a very heavy shock of earthquake
passed through this section of country
Thursday night. Its force was severe
enough to overthrow furniture and dis
place plastering on the walls.
In the senate yesterday Edmunds
presented the conference report on the
Utah polygamy bill in the shape of q
substitute for both the senate and HOUSE
bills, and it Was agreed to-H to is,
The bill now goes to the president.
The New York Tribune quotes a dem
ocrat Of national prominence, who has
had q confidential talk with the presi-
Dent, ns saying that Cleveland is firm in
his determination not to bera candidate
for reorganization and reelection.
An explosion occurred in the Cntcl
oolliery in Rhondda valley, England
yesterday. T~wenty-nine persons have
been rescued unhurt. Eight Others
have been taken ont injured. Sixteen
remain Id the pit and it is reported thu
ak are deAd.
The nearing in the case OF Capt. Ed
ward Unger for the murder Of Lonl
Bohle at New York WAS concluded yes
terday afternoon and was given to til,
jury. At 1880 O'clock last night, th'
jury having failed to reach an agreement
it was locked mp for the night.
Ches. ID. Clarke, of Detroit, admins.
traitor Of Lieut.. Kislingbury, is endeaY
orine TO arouse opposition to the con
nrmatfon by the senate of Capt. A, w
Greeley, to be chief OF the signal service
The reason given is Greeley's repeate,
il-treatment Kislingbury in the Arcsi
regions.
At noon yesterday the ice gorge in th'
Grand river, Michigan, broke up and
huge cakes OF ice are moving out
s This bridge AT north Lansing is In g.ea
DANCES. This flow may gorge agail
further down the aver, but under On.
circumstances it makes the situation q
Lyons extremely critical.
The Industrial Gazette has positiv,
information thst negotiations are nov
on foot which will result in r~estartinI
the Meier iron works, located Just aoros
the river in Illinois opposite South 81
Louis. These works were built by
asrrnan syndicate in the seventies, and
have been idle for several years.
The house committee on postotiees an,
post roads yesterday agreed to accep
all amendments to tho ~postofice ap
preparation bill proposed by the senat
except that paying q subsidy for tn
transportation OF foreign mails, and /
this suape it will be reported to tn
house and q conference requested.
General Sheridan, before the hons
committee on appropriations yesterday
said that he had heretofore efrained from
expressing n expert opinion on th
subject OF coast defense, but, in hi
.view. what the country needs ct preseu
isguns, and when these have been pre-
CURED it will be proper TO take up tn
question oil f~ortifioations.
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